June 2008
7 March 2010 (Sun): I found this plant with a big withered leaf and a shoot at Sis A.'s home. No one had noticed it. It was almost hidden by heavy white long curtains at a corner of the house. The two blades (growing from a single rhizome) were on the verge of dying due to lack of water and space - its pot was hardly more than 10 centimetres in diameter.
When I first spotted the shoot, I knew there was still life in it. I brought the whole pot home and transferred it into a bigger one. A. brought home some good soil very soon.
Since then, we have been talking to it. Wanting to ensure its growth and "happiness", I wrote to my librarian friend who referred me to an valuable website established by the National Parks of Singapore.
It offered me clues on how to take care of my new family member. At last I found out the name of its species: Alocassia (アロカシアー), originating from S. America. There are many members in the Alocassia family; this one is an Amazonica.
2009
It's been 'prospering'. The largest leaf that I measured was 49 cm in length and by its longest breadth. It now has 20 leaves, among which 14 are big and six are tiny.
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